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AvinashNa1
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July 16, 2025
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How to set up a custom Wait time in AJO. (2 days after purchase date)

  • July 16, 2025
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Hi Team,

We have a requirement to wait for 2 days after a purchase date. I tried using setDays(<eventDate>, 2).  But its setting the date to 2nd day of the month, rather than 2 days after customer purchase date. 
Is there any function that supports this need? 

 

Thanks

Best answer by DavidKangni

@avinashna1 

use 

(toDateTimeOnly(<eventDate>)) + (toDuration("P2D"))

or 

(toDateTimeOnly(<eventDate>)) + (toDuration("PT48H"))

 

Another approach is to use 2 wait activities (in case you have less than 50 activities)

first wait with custom wait toDateTimeOnly(<eventDate>) and second wait with duration as 2 days

Thanks,

David

 

 

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Anuhya-Y
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Anuhya-YCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
July 16, 2025

@avinashna1 try function addDays(date, number)

 

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/journey-optimizer/using/content-management/personalization/functions/dates#add-days 

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AvinashNa1Author
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July 16, 2025

Thanks for the response @anuhya-y , I checked this but this doesn't work on Advanced expression editor. I am doing this on a journey canvas on a Wait activity (Custom). 

Here is the error I am facing 
"The expression is invalid : Unexpected word 'addDays' . Please, check that it is a valid token and that you are using it at the right place."

DavidKangni
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DavidKangniCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
Community Advisor
July 16, 2025

@avinashna1 

use 

(toDateTimeOnly(<eventDate>)) + (toDuration("P2D"))

or 

(toDateTimeOnly(<eventDate>)) + (toDuration("PT48H"))

 

Another approach is to use 2 wait activities (in case you have less than 50 activities)

first wait with custom wait toDateTimeOnly(<eventDate>) and second wait with duration as 2 days

Thanks,

David

 

 

David Kangni
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AvinashNa1Author
Level 2
July 16, 2025

Hi @davidkangni 

Thanks for sharing great option.  But I am seeing this error
The expression is invalid : You cannot use the character '+' like this because it is a keyword of the language. Please, add quotes to fix your expression

DavidKangni
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DavidKangniCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
July 16, 2025

@avinashna1 
probably an issue with the copy and paste on your end. It's working without any errors on my side

Thanks,

David

David Kangni
Mohan_Dugganab
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Mohan_DugganabAdobe Employee
Adobe Employee
July 16, 2025

You can use the expression example similar to the one posted in this thread https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/journey-optimizer-questions/5-days-wait-on-journey/td-p/763236 

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AvinashNa1Author
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July 17, 2025

Thanks @mohan_dugganab . This Helps

Mayank_Gandhi
Adobe Employee
Mayank_GandhiAdobe Employee
Adobe Employee
July 17, 2025

@avinashna1  try 

 toDateTimeOnly(@event{purchaseDate} + toDuration("P2D"))

refer : https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/journey-optimizer/using/orchestrate-journeys/building-advanced-conditions-journeys/syntax/advanced-editor-use-cases 

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